While Mexican President Felipe Calderon debates strategy over
transnational crime and narcotrafficking with Barack Obama in
Washington, waves of North American college students are beginning to
descend upon the Yucatan peninsula for Spring Break ’11.

They must have missed the memo from their home governments warning
them that heinous death and destruction will await south of the border…
or perhaps, intrepid young minds exercised a bit of common sense and
figured their biggest risks are sun burns, gonorrhea, or a beer pong
tournament gone bad.

It goes to show what little credibility the political establishment has, particularly over anyone with an independent streak.